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Introduction to Beekeeping
This is a class offered through the Local Food Resource Hubs program coordinated by Gardening Matters. There are 5 spots open to non-Hubs members. To become a member, visit www.gardeningmatters.org/hubs.
Become one with the hive mind by learning the basics of beekeeping. One of the oldest
agricultural practices, beekeeping is more important than ever today, as honey bees
suffer the effects of Colony Collapse Disorder.
Learn basic honey bee biology, about honey bee breeds, standard colony behavior,
and basic seasonal hive management. Look at hive parts, beekeeping tools and visit a
working urban apiary. Get a feel for the creatures responsible for pollinating our crops
and taste fresh urban honey in this brief introductory class.
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Beginning Tomato Canning Class
This is a class offered through the Local Food Resource Hubs program coordinated by Gardening Matters. There are 7 spots open to non-Hubs members. To become a member, visit www.gardeningmatters.org/hubs.
This class will cover the basics of hot water bath canning and pressure canning of tomatoes through demonstration and discussion. The class is intended for the beginning canner interested in learning to preserve whole and/or sliced tomatoes, tomato juice and salsa.
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Growing Fruit in Minnesota
Join us to learn the ins and outs of growing a variety of fruits in Minnesota. Apples and beyond!
This is a class offered through the Local Food Resource Hubs program coordinated by Gardening Matters. There are 5 spots open to non-Hubs members. To become a member, visit gardeningmatters.org/hubs.
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YOUTH ONLY: House of Dance
I will be providing a space for children ages 5-18 to come and explore music through movement and dance.
Beginning with stretching and yoga, We will proceed with one of the following activities listed below depending on the ages and dance levels of the children participating that day.
break dancing
hip-hop movement
house movement: loose legs, voguing, and .
ancient styles
afro-carribean dance,
jazz movement: ie: the Charleston.
modern dance movement
West African movement
Latin-American (Salsa, Merengue), Carribean (Calypso), and North American Movement
We will be an accompanied by various styles of music: conscious hip-hop, funk, soul, disco, house, dub step, african, music for meditation, arabic, salsa, merengue, cumbia, reggae etc...
Nick Lundberg aka DJ Frank Castle will make occasional special visits as a guest DJ!
And there's a possibility to bring-in musicians from the Twin Cities Bomba Crew &/or EarthShake World Rhythm Ensemble.
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Theatrical Beginning Ballet for Kids
This class is going to integrate freedom of movement and technique. It will focus on implementing ballet technique, while still allowing room, physically and vocally for artistic expression. This class is for kids, ages 5-11. I know young ones are not always keen on following a teacher for an hour. I will be asking for a lot of input from them. This class is "Theatrical Ballet" meaning it allows for characters, costumes, scenarios, etc, while the students retain what I teach them technically. My role as a instructor in this class is to guide the students through the unionized process of learning a new form of dance, all the while receiving their investment and enthusiasm. This class is a bit innovative in that it is more of a two-way street than the standard learning setting. I hope to have a performance by the end of this!
Mind-Body Meditation, Summer 2012
Being calm in daily life can often be the difference between performing well and performing poorly. Meditation teaches us to calm our mind, even in the face of adversity and challenges. In this class, we will learn and practice a variety of meditations. Practiced regularly, these meditations help us to cultivate oneness of mind and body and true calmness in daily life.
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Mind-Body Meditation, Spring 2012
Being calm in daily life can often be the difference between performing well and performing poorly. Meditation teaches us to calm our mind, even in the face of adversity and challenges. In this class, we will learn and practice a variety of meditations. Practiced regularly, these meditations help us to cultivate oneness of mind and body and true calmness in daily life.
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On Debt: An Anti-capitalist Reading Group
A reading group around issues of debt, starting with David Graeber's recent book, Debt: The First 5000 Years. Here's a blurb about the book:
Before there was money, there was debt
Every economics textbook says the same thing: Money was invented to replace onerous and complicated barter systems—to relieve ancient people from having to haul their goods to market. The problem with this version of history? There’s not a shred of evidence to support it.
Here anthropologist David Graeber presents a stunning reversal of conventional wisdom. He shows that for more than 5,000 years, since the beginnings of the first agrarian empires, humans have used elaborate credit systems to buy and sell goods—that is, long before the invention of coins or cash. It is in this era, Graeber argues, that we also first encounter a society divided into debtors and creditors.
Graeber shows that arguments about debt and debt forgiveness have been at the center of political debates from Italy to China, as well as sparking innumerable insurrections. He also brilliantly demonstrates that the language of the ancient works of law and religion (words like “guilt,” “sin,” and “redemption”) derive in large part from ancient debates about debt, and shape even our most basic ideas of right and wrong. We are still fighting these battles today without knowing it.
Debt: The First 5,000 Years is a fascinating chronicle of this little known history—as well as how it has defined human history, and what it means for the credit crisis of the present day and the future of our economy.
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Restore Urban Land with Native Wild Gardens
This workshop meets regularly on 36th St and Oakland Ave S (on the SW side of the intersection) on Thursdays at 11:30AM where we are gardening several species of native plants. We will be going on regular trips to surrounding areas for plant identification. We are planning on making seed bombs soon.
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This workshop is for those interested in healing some of the abused landscape we find ourselves in. This healing means returning land to a state more similar to the natural landscape of northern climates while serving utility to creatures who live in the urban area, particularly those of hominid ancestry (who currently have difficulty procuring energy from native plants and/or without assistance of oil-based and oppressive technologies) as well as the many creatures displaced by humans.
The goal of this group is to appropriate abused land (such as land that has been paved over or plagued by non-native plants) using native, 'wild' and perennial plants native to the region.
This workshop has no facilitation, therefore the direction and scheduling of the workshop is ultimately up to those participating - though the workshop is intended for those interested in actually playing on the land, not only discussing it.
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Twitter 101
What is Twitter, and how can you use it effectively to connect with your friends, colleagues, and - for business owners - potential customers? Go from being a novice to a power user by taking this two-hour class from Jay Gabler, associate editor of the Daily Planet, who was voted #1 best tweeter of 2011 by the readers of Vita.mn.
Tuition for this class is $10, but scholarships are available upon request. Register at TheDatabank.com:
https://www.thedatabank.com/dpg/262/donate.asp?formid=TCM-Event&c=8435870
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